Method of setting marble cubes



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Patented June 3, 1924.

WALTER B. STARK, OF MILW'AUKEE, WISCONSIN.

METHOD OF SETTING IVIARBLE CUBES.

Application filed June 26,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NVALTER B. STARK, a citizen ofthe United States, andresident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofVisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Methods ofSetting Marble Cubes, of which the following is a description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to setting tile or marble cubes in forming floorsor the like.

It is the object of this invention to facili' tate the method of layingthe cubes of marble which have heretofore been placed in position byhand upon the cement foundation or floor to be covered. The knownmethods of laying tile require considerable time thus producing arelatively exorbitant 2 labor cost; This disadvantage is eliminated bythe use of this present system and the marble cubes properly laid with agreat sav ing of time and expense.

The manner in which this improved method is carried out will be mademore apparent in the accompanying specification and drawings.

In the drawings;

Figure 1 is a plan view of a tray and a W plurality of trough membersemployed in carrying out this method;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation illustrating the method of laying a line ofcubes;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional View taken on the plane indicated byline 3-3 in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of thetrough members employed; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a modified form of a trough member.

In carrying out this improved method there is provided a tray 10 adaptedto contain a plurality of trough-like members 11.

These trough members 11 are positioned side by side in the tray 10 and apile of marble cubes or the like are place on top of the troughs. Thenby brushing these cubes around they will drop by gravity into positionin the troughs. \Vhen the majority of the cubes are properly positioned,the balance can be easily inserted by hand in the open places until eachtrough is filled with a predetermined number of cubes.

For facilitating the laying of the cubes each trough is provided at oneend thereof with a hearing or guiding tongue 12 adapted down to form asmooth surface.

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to co-operate either with a steel straight edge 13 or the next adjacentrow of cubes, as the case may be.

The desired number of troughs 11 are preferably filled at the shop or atsome other place where the supply of cubes is available. These troughsare then conveyed to the place where they are to be laid. For properlyguiding the first row, a steel straight edge 13 is positioned parallelto the line along which the first line of cubes 1& are to be laid. Thetrough 11 is then placed in an inclined position, such as illustrated inFig. 2. with the tongue 12 bearing on the straight edge 13, and thetrough slipped from be neath the cubes. This is accomplished by theoperator holding his finger on the uppermost cube while the trough 11 isslid from beneath the cubes 14:.

In this manner the line of cubes of each trough are laid in a parallelrow, the steel straight edge 13 providing a temporary aligning means.The troughs are emptied one by one, and for properly spacing the linesof cubes a thin straight edge may be employed which would be positionedadjacent to and parallel with the last line of cubes laid, thus definingthe thickness of the mortar or cement between the rows of tile.

The troughs 11 are removed from the trays one by one and their contentsdischarged in a line adjacent the previously laid line of tile in themanner just described. When the floor is entirely covered with the cubesthe joints between the cubes are cemented and the upper surface isrubbed In Fig. 5 there is illustrated a modified form of trough 15adapted to receive two rows of tile 14. In all other respects thesetroughs are of the same construction as the troughs 11.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that a tile flooring may bequickly and ac curately laid and a considerable saving of time realized.Obviously by providing the required number of trays each containing aplurality of troughs the desired number of tile cubes may be conveyed toa particular job and the tile laid with a great saving of time andexpense.

While the method described herein has been found to be practical andsatisfactory in every respect, it is not intended that this invention beunnecessarily limited but reservation is made to make such changes inthe particular method described as may come within the purview of theaccompanying claims.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. A tile setting and guiding member comprising a substantially U-shapedtrough open at the end, a guiding tongue extending laterally from theopen end of the trough and adapted to bear on a straight edge supportwhereby the trough may be-inclined and the tile discharged therefromonto the foundation upon which they are to be laid.

2. A tile setting apparatus consisting of a tray, a plurality ofU-shaped troughs adapted tobe removably arranged in said tray side byside whereby the troughs may be filled with tile by placing a pile oftile cubes thereon and brushing them about so that they drop by gravityinto said troughs, and guiding tongues formed on said troughs at one endadapted to engage a guiding straight edge whereby a trough filled withtile may be moved along said straight edge in an inclined position andthe tile discharged therefrom.

A' method of setting tile which consists in arranging the tile in aplurality of elongated troughs each provided with a guide tongue,inclining the trough to be discharged at an angle relative to thefoundation on which the tile is to be laid, with the guiding tonguebearing on a guiding surface adjacent'the position in which the tile isto be laid and sliding the trough from under the line of tile.

4. A method of laying tile which consists in providing a tray adapted tocontain a plurality of troughs, filling said troughs with tile cubes bycausing said cubes to drop into said troughs by gravity, positioningeach trough along the line in which the tile is to be laid and in aninclined position with the guiding tongue resting on a guiding surfaceand sliding said tile off said guiding trough and onto the foundation onwhich they are to be laid.

5. A method of laying tile which consists in providing a tray adapted tocontain a plurality of troughs, filling said troughs with tile cubes bycausing said cubes to drop into said troughs by gravity, positioningeach trough along the line in which the tile is to be laid and in aninclined position with the guiding tongue resting on a guiding surface,sliding said tile 011' said guiding trough and onto the foundation onwhich they are to be laid, spacing the lines of cubes by a steelstraight edge and cementing the joints between said lines of tile.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

WALTER B. STARK.

